Except London property developers are involved in this one. The Telegraph has this painful court report, from a trial in which a woman is being sued by her property developer step-father for £100,000 which she claims was a gift. He says he lent it to her so she could pay the mortgage on a £500,000 Fulham flat, which she had promised to turn around for a quick profit: It all went wrong when it became clear that the step-father was a serial adulterer.

"It was not a loan. I made it very clear to him. I said, 'It ain't a loan. Daddy I don't owe you a dollar. I don't owe you any money at all.'"

Read the story, and then tell us... which of the two characters do you find the most repulsive? I just can't decide.